They have a new policy that requires everyone (yes--even adults) to take a 25 yard swim test--swim across the pool without touching the sides or the bottom. Once you take the test and get the wristband to prove it you can swim in the regular pool--the one with the deep end. Taylor and Emerie and Mom went to take the test. Madison refused to take it--stating she didn't want to swim in that pool anyway! She later told me she didn't want to take the swim test because she doesn't swim the way everyone else does--arms outstretched and face in the water. But I told her it didn't matter HOW you swam to get to the other side--just that you got to the other side with out help! And also that it was not a race--they test 6 swimmers at once and she thought it was a race.
Here is Payton with her little arm floaties until they came over and said she was not allowed to wear them. The kids are only allowed to wear a life jacket or nothing at all! It was okay--she only swallowed water a few times and then went back to swimming. She loved it! I think it will help her with her swimming skills having the beach entry and only going to 2 feet deep!
Emerie is a great swimmer but for some reason was a scaredy cat when it came to the slides and the diving boards. We finally coaxed her into the waterslides--not the fully closed one but the open air one and she had a ball! We got her up to the diving board and then she cried and turned around and climbed back down the ladder! The video is great of this!
Madison is just about to hit the water coming off the purple slide. I just missed Taylor so all I got was the splash! But you can see her in the pool anyway!
Here is the kiddie area! Daddy decided to hang out in this area with Payton so Mom got to be the one to ride the slides with the girls!! Here is Dad with Emerie and Payton!
Here is the diving board video of Madison! The kids did great! I thought this was their first time on a diving board but both girls corrected me and said the had swam at Michele's and jumped off the diving board there!
Taylor didn't get scared and jumped the first time! Then she and Maddie went back several more times on their own!
We thought Emerie might actually jump! But--in the end she got scared and wouldn't do it!
Payton LOVED the kiddie pool! She didn't have a nap due to the time of day we went but she was a trooper and never stopped all day!! She did, however, crash on the 5 minute drive home!
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